Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office

10/11/13

Spent sometime over the weekend doing some type exercises for the word 'Chief' in my phrase. I think I'd like to explore some more scritpy/elegant type for at least one or two of the words in my phrase using swirls and other swooshy effects.

close ups

10/4/13

Created my moodboard after gathering a ton of imagery. I'm not the best at moodboarding, i generally don't collage them together during my projects and instead just look at a 'folder' of imagery that inspires me.

10/1/13

I found this phrase or 'title' as it's called about a year ago randomly and thought it would be a really fun and interesting project to illustration one day. So now taking this class, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to do it.

According to Wikipedia, The Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is the title of the official resident cat of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at 10 Downing Street. Apparently there has been a chief mouser since the reign of Henry VIII (1500's!). The cat(s) don't really have an owner and aren't strictly limited to roaming around 10 Downing Street. Here's the full title (Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

To get started, I did a quick brain storm of ideas to get the ball rolling, take a look: